The Shiralee
by:
D'Arcy Niland (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143180197 (0143180193)
Publish date: July 30th 2009
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 257
Edition language: English
The Shiralee tells the story of the itinerant rural worker Macauley - sometimes described as a 'swagman' or 'swaggie' - who suddenly finds himself taking responsibility for his child. Having returned from 'walkabout', he finds his wife entwined in the arms of another, and so he takes his four-year-o...